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A practical checklist for commodity trading careers: degrees, languages, internships, operations vs front office, and what Geneva and Singapore firms screen for.
A practical glossary of 60 key commodity trading terms, from back-to-back trades and laycans to contango, demurrage and netback, grouped by theme.
How letters of credit work in physical commodity trade: parties, document rules, common discrepancies, and alternatives like documentary collections and standby LCs.
REMIT bans insider trading and manipulation in EU wholesale energy markets. This guide explains the rules, reporting duties, and the 2024 REMIT II changes.
How EMIR and MiFID II affect energy and commodity trading desks differently: reporting, clearing, position limits and the ancillary exemption explained.
How oil, gas, and power hedgers use futures, swaps, and options, with basis risk, hedge ratios, and worked examples for physical traders.
A practitioner's guide to the EU ETS: cap and trade, EUA allowances, auctions, the Market Stability Reserve, and how carbon prices drive fuel switching in power markets.
How LNG cargoes are bought, sold and diverted between basins: FOB vs DES terms, freight economics, and the arbitrage math behind every trading decision.
How Platts, Argus and ICIS build price assessments, what windows and differentials mean, and how physical contracts reference benchmarks in energy markets.
How the Dutch TTF gas price works: the virtual hub, futures and spot indices, and why TTF sets the benchmark for Europe and LNG.
Brent vs WTI compared: contract specs, delivery points, quality, pricing windows, spread drivers, and which benchmark fits which trade.
FinfraG explained for Geneva commodity desks: who must report OTC derivatives under the Swiss FMIA, thresholds, exemptions, and a practical compliance checklist.
Why Geneva hosts the world's largest commodity traders: tax rules, financing, logistics, legal stability and cluster effects, plus career implications.
Physical and paper commodity trades differ in delivery, counterparties, margining and documentation. This guide compares both and shows how cargoes are hedged.
A complete guide to the commodity trade lifecycle: sourcing, pricing, freight, storage, financing, settlement, and how paper trading overlays the physical chain.